Ramayana
शोणितोदकनिष्पन्दकङ्कगृध्रसमाकुला । प्रवृत्ता संयुगमुखे शस्त्रग्राहवती नदी ॥ 7-28-43 ॥
At the front of the battle there flowed a river whose water was the streaming blood, thronged with herons and vultures, and bearing weapons for its crocodiles.
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